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The Open Source/Cloud/Paid Software Mix

I use at home what I called the Open Source/Cloud/Paid Software Mix. You might ask what this is? What this is a mix between open source/Free software, Cloud computing strategies and paid software strategy. The big reasons for going this route are cost, support, usability and flexibility. Besides my Hardware I have fully licensed versions of ...

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My Blog

I hope everyone is having a great week. As you may have noticed I have changed my blog around and the format a bit. I have some more features I will be adding and hopefully I will have time to do these this weekend. I wanted to let everyone know that I have not quit blogging. ...

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What I Use When I Blog

A lot of people have asked me lately what I use when I blog and why do I choose to use certain blogging tools. I thought I would take some time and explain which tools I use to make my blog and site what it really is. The best blogging software is open source and free. ...

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John Lusher and Rob Cairns Talk Social Media and Tech

A couple of weeks ago I did a Skype call with my good friend John Lusher. We talked tech and social media. Below is the last 20 minutes of that call unedited and has it happened. Please support John he is a great friend and an amazing resource. John can be reached at His Web ...

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The Death Of The Retail Store

In today's world e-commerce is becoming more and more important. Recently I actually went into a bookstore to get something I needed in a hurry. The time it took me to get to the store and try and find what I wanted and get home was 60 minutes. The ironic part is I did not ...

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The Customer Service Experience That Failed

Two nights ago I stopped in the Shopper's Drug Mart which is 5 minutes from my home. For those of who who do not know, Shoppers Drug Mart is a large pharmacy chain with generally huge stores and they are open till midnight. I went in needing a few 8 x 10 envelopes. I go into ...

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The Power Of Twitter

Everyone who does not understand the new way of doing things should look at this situation I was in. On Friday morning Kelli and I were supposed to get our rental car at 12pm. We had arranged for this by calling the local Enterprise Outlet days before we needed the car. Well at 11am we ...

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The Future

As many of you may or may not know I was let go from my full time job last month. I have basically been on a two month plan to take care of myself, get my family life and house back into order and worry about the future. One of the things I have been ...

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Video Game Console History

Recently I need a post on what years video games were produced. I thought I would share the history on when certain game systems came out. These are in no order just the order I came up with when looking for them: 1. Sega Genesis 1989 2. Nintendo NES - 1985 3. Nintendo Game Boy - 1989 4. ...

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Video Game History

This week Google put a full version of Pacman on its home page in honor of Pacman's 25th anniversary. I thought I would share some other key video game dates for you for fun: 1. Space Invaders - June 1978 2. Donkey Kong - 1981 3. Centipede - 1980 4. Mario Brothers - the game debuted in 1983 but ...

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